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ZACHARIAS' FUNERAL. 



AN ORIGINAL FARCE. 



In One A.ct and One Scene. 



By WILLIAM COURTRIGHT, 

Author of "Private Boarding." "The Motor Bellows" etc. 



As Performed at tbe Olympic Theatre, Broadway, New 
York, October, 1S75. 



TO WHICH ARK ADDED, 

A Description of the Costumes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the whole of the Stag-e Business. 



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No. 

75. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 

114. Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 
167. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. . . 7 

93. Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 

40. Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

89. Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act.. 3 

192. Game of Cards (A), comedietta, 1 3 
166. Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act . . 7 
36. Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 1 4 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

69. Cauatht by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

175. Cast upon the World, drama,5acts.l0 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts !2 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 

65. Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 

68. Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 

76. Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 1 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

113. Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

199, 



3 

5 

6 
1 
2 
8 
2 2 



Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act 

22. David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 
142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 



21. 



47. 

13 ». 

200. 

103. 

9. 

138. 
101. 



53. 



131. 



Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 3 

Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. . 6 4 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 2 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 5 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 1 

Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 7 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 1 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts 11 4 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 10 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

145. First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act . . 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act , 

Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act 
Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 

28. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 

180. Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 

187. His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 

• 174. Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 

190 Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act. . . . 4 

191. High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 

197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 

18. If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 

116. I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 

129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 

159. In the Wronsr House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

122. Isabella OrsiTii, drama, 4 acts 11 

177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts. 12 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 



9 3 
4 2 



4 2 



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ZACHARIAS' FUNERAL 



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IN ONE ACT AND ONE SCENE. 



/ 
By WILLIAM COUBTRIGHT. 



AS PERFORMED AT THE OLYMPIC THEATBE, BROADWAY, ^NEW 
YORK, OCTOBER, 1875. 



TO WHICH ABE M>"DXB 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — EN- 
TRANCES AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER- 
FORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OF THE STAGE BUSINESS, 






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NEW YORK: 
CLINTON T. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, 



No. 33 Rose Street. 

(BETWEEN DCANE AND FRANKFORT 8TBEET8.)' 



Copyright, 1877, by Clinton T. Dk Witt. 

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2 ZACHARIAS' FUNERAL. A \fi ' *& 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. y " > ' 

Olympic Theatre, 
Broadway, N. Y., Oct. 1875. 

Zacharias Horseradish „ William Codrtright. 

Ludovico Tracy G. W. H. Griffin. 

Undertaker A. Bellamy. 

Undertaker's Assistant John Gilbert. 

Dandy Mr. Bruno. 

Simpson. Master Martin. 



TIME IN PLAYING— FIFTEEN MINUTES. 



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B. 3 e. 

B. 2 E 



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SCENE.— Chamber in 3d grooves. 
Window. Door. 



4 u. B. 



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Stool. 



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B. 1 E. 



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Q Stool. 




L. 3 E. 



Sofa. l. 2 e. 



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L. 1 E. 



Table and Chairs, 
c l. c. 



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Orchestba. 



PROPERTIES. 

Sofa or lounge r. ; table c. ; looking-glass frame with tinsel paper 
to imitate glass ; newspaper ; lay-out board ; carpet-bag ; sheet ; box 
for snuff; two candles on table; measuring- tape ; working cat for 
window in flat ; sheet ghost tacked to floor, with strings to flies to hoist 
at finish, by l. 1 e. ; book and pencil for undertakers; two chair. 



DRESSES— Modern. 



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ZACHARIAS' FUNERAL. 



SCENE. — Chamber in 3d grooves. Zacharias discovered. 

Zacharias. I knew it, I knew it. I knew when dat fellow hit me on 
de shin wid dat beer mallet, dat I wouldn't feel well to-day. I knew 
dat if I went down to dat ball dat something would happen, I aint had 
no luck since I killed Mrs. Simpson's big black cat. 

Enter Mr. Tracy. 

Tracy. Well, Zacharias, what is the reason that you was not up at the 
proper hour this morning 1 I think you was out late last night. Now, 
sir ; let me tell you once for all, this must be stopped or you shall 
leave my employ. Now, sir ; where was you 1 

Zac I was down to a swawrie. 

Tracy. Where? 

Zac. Down to a party on street. 

Tracy. You look as if you had been in some hard place. 

Zac Well, boss, I'm sorry ; but it all comes from bein' good lookin' 
— all comes from bein' purty. 

Tracy. I suppose you had a good time ? 

Zac (laughing). Ha, ha, ha ! good time, (long whistle) More beer, 
more fight-in', more razors dan you ever see. 

Tracy. No doubt you had a good time, and I am surprised to see 
you. I read an account in the paper of you having been murdered 
last night. 

Zach. Whar's de paper 1 I won't believe it till I see it. 

Tracy (takes paper from pocket and reads). Horrible murder last 
night ; Zacharias Horseradish the murdered man. 

Zac Show it to me. 

Tracy. There it is. (showing on paper^ 

Zac That settles it. (dropping on sofa.) 

Tracy (reading). News came this morning (too late to learn particu- 
lars) of a murder on street. Some of our colored citizens had 

a party. Dancing and singing was the order of the evening. Liquor 
was drank freely, the partv breaking up at a late hour in a row. 
Razors were raised, which made sad havoc. Several were badly cut, 
and one Zacharias Horseradish, servant to Ludovico Tracy, 2.040 Peck 
Slip, had his throat cut from ear to ear. (Zacharias jumps from sofa, 
grabs glass, opens his mouth wide and looks in glass.) 



4 ZACHARIAS' FUNERAL. 

, Zac. Is dat ray mouth, or a gash in my throat ? 

Tracy. It's a gash in your throat. 

Zac. Good-bye. {lets glass fall on Tracy's head, and falls back on 
sofa.) 

Tracy. I've got this fellow scared, I'll carry the joke still further. 
(aside) Well, Zacharias, now that you are going to leave us, how do you 
want to be buried % 

Zac. Plant me in a beer saloon, if it's all the same to you. 

Tracy. No ; how do you wish to be buried 1 

Zac. Well, I don't know ; this is new to me j I never was buried be- 
fore. 

Tracy. How about the expense ? 

Zac. Never mind the expense ; let's have a good time. 

Tracy. Very well ; I will prepare a sarcophagus, if you can afford it. 

Zac. A scar-what-a-cus 1 

Tracy. A sarcophagus. 

Zac. (sitting up). How much is it? 

Tracy. $1,400. 

Zac. Bury me quick, (dropping doicn, then 7ising) Say, ain't you 
got a small coffeecuss for about ten shillings '? 

Tracy. No, sir. 

Zac. Well, how much will a pine box cost, such as you put boots and 
shoes in 1 

Tracy. About fifty cents. 

Zac. Good enough ; send up a shoe box. 

Tracy. Will you have gold, or silver nails! 

Zac. Give me four-inch spikes. 

Tracy. Silver handles on the sides'? 

Zac. No ; a couple of door knobs will do, with a trunk handle on 
each side. 

Tracy. Flowers, of course 1 

Zac. Oh, yes ; a couple of barrels of flour, and you might put in 
some mince pie, and crackers and cheese and bologna. 

Tracy. No, no ; I mean exotical plants, roses, pinks, etc. 

Zac. No, I like sunflowers ; put in two sunflowers, a small head of 
red cabbage, and a bunch of garlic. 

Tracy. A coupe for the family 1 

Zac. A what ? 

Tracy. A coupe for your family and relations'? 

Zac A coupe ! What's a coupe 1 

Tracy. A carriage ? 

Zac. No, no ; no carriages for relatives. You might send around a 
couple of wheel-barrows, and a hand-cart for the boy ? 

Tracy (going). Very well, I'll send up the undertaker and your 
friends to see you. But you must lay down ; what are you sitting up 
fori 

Zac. There's always some one sits up with the corpse. 

Tracy. That's so. 

Zac. Well, I'm sitting up with myself. [Exit Tracy, c. d. 

(a cat appears in window, Zacharias frightened) There, there's that 
black cat that I killed. I'm gone, I'm gone, (laying down,) 

Undertaker (outside to Tracy). Where is he ? 

Tracy (outside). Right in there. 



ZACHARIAS FUNERAL. 5 

Enter Undertaker, d. c, with lay- out'board. Goes by sofa and slams it 
down hard. Zacharias looks at it. Enter Undertaker's assistant 
with two stools, and place them l. up and down stage ; front stool 
much the loicest. Undertaker measures Zacharias, while his as- 
sistant marks in look at table. 

Undertaker {measures length). Five feet twenty-seven inches, (ac- 
cross chest) Forty-nine inches, (length of foot) Two feet thirty-one 
inches. 

Jacharias places himself in all sorts of positions, standing on head 
and all other ways, and is measured by Undertaker, who calls 
off the measurement, etc., ad lib. Finally the Undertaker 
places Zacharias on board, but they can't keep him on. They then 
put the board on the stools l., then take Zacharias by the head and 
heels and carry him to board. Z achari as doubles up, etc. They 
drop him heavily on his back on the board ; he turns on his face ; 
they try to turn him over, when he raises to his hands and feet. 
They finally lay him on his back on the board, put valise under 
head, a candle each side of his head in chairs placed there, then 
put the sheet over him. 

Zac. (raising). How long before this funeral is going to come off? 
(from now until the close this must be played fast. Both Undertakers 
cry murder and exit c. d. Cat appears at window) Oh. there's that cat 
again. (Zacharias lies down.) 

Enter Simpson and Dandy. 

Simpson. I tell you this man died for the want of breath, (they go 
to Zacharias.) 

Dandy. Why, his throat is not cut; there's no gash there, (puts 
finger in Zacharias' mouth, who bites it. Dandy holloas Oh, ah ! and 
cries with pain and exits c d.) 

Simpson (laughing). Poor Dandy, the sight of a dead person un- 
nerves him. Where's my snuff? (takes pinch of snuff) It's very 
strange, very stra — stra — (sneezing. Zacharias sneezes, turns end for 
end on board) Oh, murder ! a live ghost ! [Exit, c. d. 

Sheet ghost, which is tacked on stage at foot of board next audience, is 
hoisted by a string. Zacharias seeing, raises up crying with 
fright. Zacharias goes to run out c d., is met by Tracy. Zach- 
arias down on knees begging. Tracy laughing. 

CURTAIN. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; R. C. Right 
of Cenire ; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat ; L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat ; R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 
E. First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance ; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. 
First, Second or Third Groove. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

^" The reader is supposed to be upon the Stage, facing the Audience. 



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DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 

63. 



49. 
15. 
46. 
51. 

184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 
92, 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 
90. 
170. 



97. 

6(5. 

17-2. 
94. 

4.",. 
155. 
ITS. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.12 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L'Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (.The), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 

Otf the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. . . 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act... 1 2 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Orange Blo-soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act. 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



3 3 



No. m. r. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 2 

188". Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 3 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 13 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. i'ntt\ Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 

lsi and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.88 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op- 
eretta, 1 act 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts. ... 8 4 
13. Ruy Bias, drama. 4 acts 12 4 

194. Rum, drama. 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 17 5 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act . . 7 2 

6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act.. 7 3 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act 12 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts ..73 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act. ... 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, fa.ce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 

Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 
War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. ..54 



106. 

81. 
124. 

91. 

118. 
44. 
105. 



161. 



Which ofthe Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 

Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 2 

Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 

William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 2 

Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue ■. 6 

Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 
Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 



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No industry nor money is spared to make this journal a welcome visitor in every home in 
the land. Its columns are filled with 

The Best Stories, the Most Beautiful Poetry, the Most Laughable 

Anecdotes, the Most Reliable Articles on Trade, Art, 

Literature, the Farm, the Garden, the 

Kitchen, and the Parlor. 



Special Attractions to Please the GIRLS, the BOYS, 
and even the BABIES. 

Every Phase and Quality of Life will be Written About 
except the Low and the Vicious. 



*** But the appearance of The Home Fireside will be its surest passport into 
every family. 

So send at once to the Publisher, by postal card, and recevie by return mail a specimen 
copy free of cost and free of postage. 



Address 



CLINTON T. DE WITT, 

(Successor to Robt. M. De Witt), 

Publisher of The Home Fireside, 

No. 33 Rose Street, New York. 



